My First Workout & Beginner Workout Takeaways

I have been doing keto for almost 6 weeks now, and I have been really thinking about starting to do some sort of fitness plan. There are a couple local places that do hour long fitness classes, but I just am a little bit too far gone for that at this point. I have been assured that you can participate at any level, but I personally think I need to get a little less out of shape for that. I need to start out with something meant for someone like me, a beginner workout seems more appropriate!

It has been years, and I literally mean pretty much my whole life since I worked out. Does crawling as a baby count? I tried about 2 Tae-Bo kickboxing videos in the late 90s and had a brief stint that I tried jogging, which lasted maybe 3 attempts. I do like biking, and at one point was able to do 20 or so miles at a time. Let’s just say that isn’t the case now! Last year I passed out on the side of the highway during a bike ride & my husband had to go get the truck to pick me & my bike up. So I think we can go ahead and say that I am a complete novice when it comes to exercise. I am easily discouraged and in about 5 minutes flat, I feel like I am going to puke. Game over.

Well, that is the past, right! I have really overcome some of my issues with food over the last month or so, so maybe now would be the right time to try some exercise. My friend Abbie told me about this guy Jeff Rogers. He is a local fitness dude, and has a pretty sweet website with some awesome, very reasonably priced workouts. The program that I am trying is the ‘Earn Your Best Body 12 Week Program’.

The program is very simple. Each workout is 20 minutes long and contains two sets. Each set has 5 exercises, so you do each set twice. You set your timer for 5 minutes and work your way through the first set. Then you take a 1-2 minute water break/breather and then set your timer for 5 minutes moving on to the second set. You then repeat the process starting again with the first set. Each of the 12 weeks has three different workouts that work your legs, abs, full body & cardio.

So, today I got up and figured there is no better day than today. I decided to dive in, and see how I would do. First off, I didn’t die. That’s the best part. Looking at the plan, it didn’t look like it would be that bad. Well, hmmmm. Honestly I didn’t do a full workout today. Even starting out with the day one beginner workout, I just couldn’t finish. How embarrassing! After doing one repetition of each set (10 minutes) I felt like I was going to puke. I was starting to have poor form on the exercises, and I decided to call it quits.

Normally I would call this a failure, and wait at least 10 years to try exercising again. This time though is different! I am going to try again tomorrow, and the next day and so on! I am posting these {awful} pictures here today for accountability. I cannot wait to show you guys my progress! Show me your progress photos! Tag me on instagram @candidly.keto !

My First Workout, Key Takeaways:

Pick a program that seems doable. I know I have been intimidated by certain workouts in the past. It was discouraging to me when I couldn’t keep up. So choose a program that is something you WANT to do!

Stretch Out! I am not going to lie. I stretched today, but I did maybe a C minus job! Stretching is super important to prevent injury and should be a priority.

Good workout music makes a difference. I always listen to 90s radio on Pandora. I turned that on today, and quickly realized that 90s wasn’t going to cut it. I am still on the lookout for good workout tunes. Do you have any recommendations? Send them to me here.

Proper form is essential. If you are getting tired and lazing out on your form, you are more likely to get injured. Be conscientious of using proper body mechanics. If it HURTS, stop! If you are sore {from being out of shape like me} you can keep going! ha 🙂

Don’t be scared to call it quits early. As listed in the previous point, proper form is essential. You could be risking injury if you start getting sloppy, and if you are too tired to do it properly, I don’t think it is worth doing.

Keep at it! This is the most important thing, and something I have never done!

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